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Symbol-based signaling for an electromagnetically-coupled bus system

US6697420B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 15, 2000
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/361
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a mechanism for supporting high digital bandwidth in a multi-drop bus system. A first device of the system encodes multiple bits in a symbol and drives the encoded symbol onto the multi-drop bus. Multiple receiving devices are linked to the bus through electromagnetic couplers. A receiving device samples the encoded symbol through the electromagnetic coupler and recovers the encoded bits from the sampled symbol.

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